There was a lot of discussion in the Chaoyang Palace, and there was a lot of noise.

Yang Tong coughed, and the hall suddenly fell silent, Yang Tong smiled and said: "We can't know the true intentions of the Tang Army for the time being, but the possibility of them attacking Luoyang is indeed very great, I think we can observe, if they really attack Luoyang, then we need to be prepared." ”

"The Holy One means that we are going south to the Central Plains?" Li Jing asked.

"I do mean that." Yang Tong gently tapped on the handrail and said, "Actually, I have always wanted to recover Luoyang. ”

In fact, after the reorganization of the Ten Legions, the Sui army began to deploy southward. 60,000 people of the First Army sat in Yecheng, 60,000 people of the Second Army sat in Jijun, 60,000 people of the Third Army sat in Bohai to defend Dou Jiande, 60,000 people of the Fifth Army sat in Jiangjun to defend Wang Shichong, 60,000 people of the Sixth Army sat in Shangluo to defend Li Yuan to attack Wuguan, 60,000 people of the Seventh Army sat in Hanchuan to defend Li Yuan, and 30,000 people of the Ninth Army and the Tenth Army each defended Tuyuhun and Li Yuan in the southwest. The total number of troops is 420,000,

As the springboard for the southern crossing of the Central Plains, Jiangjun, Jijun, and Bohai have 180,000 standing troops, and a large number of grain and grass materials have been put in place early.

In addition, there are a large number of foreign slave soldiers on the north bank of the Yellow River to strengthen the river embankment, build new roads, and can be transferred at any time as auxiliaries and cannon fodder.

This is a very natural thing, the unification of the north, the next step must be to chase the Central Plains and enter Bashu in the west.

What is unexpected is that Yang Tong actually put Wang Shichong, who has always had a good relationship.

Yang Tong saw that some people were surprised, and said with a smile: "Luoyang is located in the heart of the world, and convenient water and land transportation can radiate to all directions. Second, Luoyang is of great significance to my Great Sui. It is the capital of the Great Sui Kingdom that Emperor Wen longed for and Emperor Wu built, and it is also the capital of the Great Sui Kingdom in my mind. Third, the counties occupied by Wang Shichong are bordered by the Yellow River in the north and Guanzhong in the west, and if we recapture them, we can give full play to their convenience, and there is no shortage of Wang Shichong facing enemies on all sides. ”

"As long as the saint gives an order, the last general will guarantee that within a month, Luoyang will be broken!" Luo Shixin said proudly.

"Don't worry, this is not a simple battle between the two sides." Yang Tong smiled and continued: "We must not only understand the strategic intentions of the Tang Army, not only take into account Wang Shichong's troop deployment, but also put Li Mi, Dou Jiande, Du Fuwei, and Xiao Mo into the chess game to consider. ”

As soon as he heard that this was a decisive battle, Luo Shixin was not ashamed, and said in a deep voice: "I understand my humble position." ”

"Let's go to the military room and analyze it with a sand table."

"Whoa."

The group got up and walked to a side hall guarded by heavy soldiers, and in the middle of the lobby was placed a huge sand table with a width of two zhang and a length of five zhang, which was the sand table of the Central Plains terrain.

Everyone watched the sand table and figured it out.

Yang Tong stared at the sand table and was speechless for a long time.

In fact, after hearing the news of Li Yuan's secret gathering of troops, Yang Tong realized that it was very likely that the Tang army was also going to launch a campaign against the Central Plains, they were attacking Hongnong County from the south, and then killed to Luoyang, if the Tang army captured Luoyang, this means that the strategic focus of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty will be changed from Jingzhou to the Central Plains.

This is a very normal strategic deployment, he unified the north, and the puppet Tang Dynasty seized the rich Jingxiang, and its strength was also greatly strengthened. If the Tang Dynasty did not want to give up the world, then it would inevitably chase the Central Plains and contain the Great Sui on the north bank of the Yellow River.

It can be said that the plan to attack Luoyang coincided with the Sui and Tang dynasties, so did the pseudo-Tang reach some kind of tacit agreement with Li Mi and use Li Mi to contain himself from going south? The answer is obviously yes, Li Yuan must have adopted this strategy.

Out of self-interest, Li Mi will also try his best to prevent himself from going south, but Li Mi can tolerate the eastward expansion of the Tang army?

The most complicated and difficult to figure out in the world is the people's heart, he Yang Tong can't figure out Li Mi's thoughts, but from the perspective of interests, maintaining the status quo is the most in line with Li Mi's interests, if the status quo cannot be maintained, then whether it is the Great Sui or the pseudo-Tang Dynasty to occupy Luoyang, the benefits to Li Mi are more beneficial than disadvantages.

If the two Li are united, Yang Tong can also use Du Fuwei and Xiao Mo to elbow the two Li. This is the reason why Yang Tong wants to put Li Mi, Dou Jiande, Du Fuwei, and Xiao Mo on the chess game.

It's been a long time.

Yang Tong said to everyone: "If the Tang army really comes to attack Luoyang, then our main enemy is no longer Wang Shichong of Luoyang, but the Tang army, and this will be a multi-party battle in the Central Plains." How to have the last laugh in this battle is a question that we need to think about carefully, once we win and take the Central Plains, then we can annihilate the southern princes one by one, without worrying about them joining forces to attack. I need to tell you that the army of the Central Plains is no longer as vulnerable as before, and the more than 400,000 troops before Wagang have been defeated by General Zhang Xutuo, Yu Zhen, Yu Yu Wenhua and Yu Wang Shichong, can you think of the reason? ”

Luo Shixin on the side said: "Master's army after nearly ten years of fierce battles, the strong and the weak, and finally the tens of thousands of troops left behind are extremely strong, in addition to the equipment is not as good as the Xiaoguo army, the quality of individual soldiers is only higher than that of the Xiaoguo army, and the main force in the hands of Shengshang, Yu Wenhua and Wang Shichong are all Xiaoguo army created by the first emperor with the power of the country, and it is well-equipped, which is far from being comparable to the Wagang army, and the more than 400,000 troops owned by Wagang are said to be good to be an army, but in fact, they are not much different from the untrained ordinary people. Speaking of this, Luo Shixin paused slightly, saw that everyone understood, and continued: "They see the advantage of the front, know the difficulty and leave, if they win, they will rob the property, and if they lose, they will be defeated for thousands of miles, and they are usually in a mess, without organizational military discipline, as long as they hear that the army is coming, they will panic." This is the reason why the Wagang army has been defeated one after another before. ”

"And now? What do you think of the current Wei army? ”

Luo Shixin thought about it and said: "Li Mi has been fighting for many years, the old and weak have either died or fled, and the rest are all brave soldiers, and a large number of Xiaoguo troops have been captured from Yu Wenhua and his hands, which is the elite of the Sui army, which greatly strengthens the combat effectiveness of Li Mi's army, and is well-equipped." Naturally, there is a difference of thousands of miles in succession. ”

Dou Xianniang gave birth to a son for Luo Shixin, his name is Luo Cheng, after becoming a father, Luo Shixin is much more mature and stable, when he calms down, he can also analyze problems in depth, and he is no longer the guy who was full of muscles before.

"Shixin is very true." Yang Tong approvingly nodded and nodded, "Our biggest characteristic is that we are too smooth, and our development is also very fast, and the army has never lost a single battle. The fundamental reason is that we have not encountered a truly strong enemy. ”

Luo Shixin frowned and said, "Isn't the Eastern and Western Turks a strong enemy?" ”

"Yes, of course. But when we fought against the Eastern and Western Turks, we fought in the wilderness, and in the battles, we took advantage of the intrigues and intrigues, and the excellent equipment. But the princes of the Central Plains are different......"

Yang Tong said seriously: "In the past, whether it was Wagang Army, Dou Jiande, Liu Wuzhou or Li Yuan, they all had a lot of troops and low combat effectiveness!" But what about now? They have all completed the integration of the armed forces, and they are not much worse than ours in terms of the quality of individual soldiers, group cooperation, military discipline, and equipment, and they have taken advantage of the geographical advantage, and they are no worse than us in terms of conspiracy and trickery, or even higher. This also means that in the future, we will enter the era of strong enemies, Wang Shichong, who has only more than 100,000 troops, should not be underestimated, that is a powerful army formed by him with the Jianghuai army and my eldest brother's elite Xiaoguo army left in Luoyang, he can win more with less, causing Li Mi to suffer losses again and again, which proves that his army is quite strong. If we have the intention of underestimating the enemy, then we are the ones who lose. ”

Yang Tong's tone was very stern, and he stared at the people around him sharply, and everyone lowered their heads in unison.

"There are too many lessons for the older generation to fail because of the underestimation of the enemy, Guo Xuan, Duan Da and others failed to suppress the bandits, but were defeated by the bandits in a battle, which is all a lesson of blood. We must face up to any enemy and never repeat the mistakes of the past! ”

"Whoa!" Everyone's hearts were in the same place.

Fang Xuanling saw that some generals were not convinced, so he deliberately said: "Will the saint's will to destroy his prestige and grow the enemy's will like this affect the morale of the army?" Especially before the Great War. ”

Yang Tong glanced at everyone and sighed slightly, "It's not that I'm strict, it's mainly that the army is very arrogant, thinking that my Great Sui army is the first in the world, and other forces are all vulnerable outcasts. Xuan Ling, the arrogant soldiers will be defeated! In this competition, my Great Sui elite to the fullest, if I return with a fiasco, my Great Sui's absolute advantage will be gone, which also means that the situation of the division of the heroes will continue for ten or decades. At that time, even if my Great Sui dominates the world, then the alien race will definitely rise again. Let's ask, how can a broken and rebellious Great Sui Dynasty deal with it? We can't afford to lose. ”

"Not long ago, we got the information from the puppet Tang and Li Mi, in the past, the biggest advantage of our Sui army was unique, the cavalry that dominated the world, but now it is not, the puppet Tang obtained a large number of war horses from Tuyuhun and the southwest of the party, and formed a 60,000 red armored cavalry army, they have two horses and are strengthening their riding training, this is an extremely elite army, which is composed of elites drawn from the Tang army, civilian warriors, and Xiao Milling Army, although the number is not much, but there are not many places in the south for 100,000 cavalry to gallop vertically and horizontally, No matter how many cavalry we have, there is not much to play, so the 60,000 Red Armor Army of the Pseudo-Tang Dynasty is an elite force that can change a big war; There are also Li Mi's 50,000 Wei soldiers, whose strength is not weaker than our army, and they are also experienced in a hundred battles, so what else is there to be arrogant about our army? ”

Yang Shanhui said: "The saint is right, people have no foresight, there must be near-term worries, the battle for hegemony in the world is never sweeping everything, no matter how powerful the army is, it may not be able to win undefeated, the key is to have a full understanding of yourself, you must know yourself, you can know the other." The saint's foresight made Wei Chen very admirable. ”

Yang Tong smiled, "Even you slapped me on the back?" ”

Yang Shanhui said solemnly: "It's not that Weichen flatters the Shengshang, the navy formed by the Shengshang is extremely exquisite, not only to contain Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje, but also to lay the first hand for the future competition for the south." ”

Yang Tong nodded, "Now the puppet Tang and the puppet Wei are both focusing on developing to the south and competing for the rich Jingxiang, and we have been dragged down by more than 20 million people in Bingzhou, Yongzhou, and Liangzhou, so our national strength is not much stronger than the puppet Tang with Bashu and Jingxiang, the two major grain-producing areas, but the puppet Tang also has an Achilles heel, they are internally unstable, as long as we firmly grasp this Achilles' heel, then the puppet Tang will be defeated sooner or later." ”

"Exactly." Yang Gongren agreed: "What should I do next to Da Sui? ”

"Since the puppet Tang Dynasty plans to march into Luoyang, then we will silently prepare for the war, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and wait until the Central Plains war is at a stalemate, and then cross south with the momentum of thunder." Yang Tong thought for a while, and then said: "In order to prevent the puppet Tang Dynasty from attacking the west, march into Guanzhong, Hanzhong, Liangzhou, Lingshang Luoxue Wanjun, Hanchuan Wei Chi Gong, Hanyang Wang Fubao, and Lintao Xue Wanche to closely monitor the movements of the puppet Tang Dynasty. At the same time, the Department of Etiquette secretly lobbied Du Fuwei and Xiao Milling. ”

"Whoa!" The crowd was amazed.

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